MONTEREY, Calif. (October 10, 2009) - Champion race car driver Scott Sharp,
who has made his mark everywhere from Trans-Am and Champ Car to IndyCar to
and the American Le Mans Series, has announced Saturday his latest venture
in motorsports. The Patron Highcroft Racing starSharp has created and will
own a new race team called Extreme Speed Motorsports that will compete in
the American Le Mans Series' GT2 class.

The team will race a Ferrari 430 GTC and be sponsored by The Patron Spirits
Company (Tequila Patron) and supported by Ferrari Corse Clienti. Sharp has
also named the team's first driver - Ed Brown, formerly currently a
Patron GT3 Challenge by Yokohama driver and American Le Mans Series GT
Challenge class driver with Orbit ORBIT Racing. Co-drivers will be
announced at a later date.

"I've worked very closely with Ed for the past three years, and I'm
impressed with his growth and maturity on the track," said Sharp, who leads
the American Le Mans Series' LMP1 championship with David Brabham heading
into the season's final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. "The GT2 field
will undoubtedly be very tough, but I'm confident that Ed's approach will
prove successful for the team. And I am ecstatic that our new team will be
partnered with such iconic brands as Patron Tequila and Ferrari Corse
Clienti. We've had a great year at Patron Highcroft Racing, and I'm looking
forward to combining my own racing with Brabs and the boys with team
ownership next year."

Sharp has scored three victories with teammate Brabham for Patron Highcroft
Racing in the 2009 American Le Mans Series and also contested this year's
Indianapolis 500 aboard a Patron-sponsored entry.

Team sponsor Patron is a longtime supporter of motorsports racing, and
brings a popular presence at American Le Mans Series races.

"Scott's impressive career has made him one of the most accomplished
competitors in racing. It's a tremendous honor to drive for his new Extreme
Speed Motorsports team," said Brown, whose best finish in GT Challenge
class this season was a runner-up position at Lime Rock Park.

"Ferrari Corse Clienti is committed to keeping the Prancing Horse name at
the highest levels of racing in the U.S., and we're excited to count among
our rows the new Extreme Speed Motorsports team," said Ferrari's Maurizio
Nardon. "We welcome Scott and his team, and look forward to a long and
fruitful cooperation."

"We're excited and proud to associate the Tequila Patron name with Extreme
Speed Motorsports and Ferrari," commented Matt Carroll, Patron's Chief
Marketing Officer. "Our association with motorsports, and the iconic brands
and top-notch teams in this premier racing series, fits perfectly with our
ultra-premium Patron brand. We're looking forward to another great season
in 2010."

Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series added,
"The announcement of this new team fulfills the vision we had when we
launched the Patroon GT3 Challenge presented by Yokohama. This is
especially gratifying because it involves individuals that who have
participated with us at other levels of competition, and are ready to do
battle now in the Series' most competitive class.

"When we created the GT Challenge class, it was designed so those drivers
could progress to GT2. Clearly that's what has happened in this case, and
it is evidence that the plan is working. Ed and Scott form a unique team.
They are the perfect pair to be the first to announce a venture of this
type. I suspect this is only the first example of a new ALMS American Le
Mans Series program growing out of the IMSA and ALMS Series ladder system."

The American Le Mans Series opens its season in 2010 with the 58th Mobil 1
Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida on March 20.